Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
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Northfen Drain
Northfen Drain
Other OS name in the Parish of Waterbeach
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) . Cf.
aqua
de
Norffen
1285
Ass
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Bannolds
Chalice Fruit
Chittering
Denny Abbey
Elmney Hill
Fidwell Fen
Garden Tree
Joist Fen
Winfold Fm
Other OS name
Bannold Drove
Bank Fm
Brown's Plantation
The Causeway
Causeway End Fm
Chittering Hill
The Green
The Hall
Midload
North Fen
Northfen Fm
Waterbeach Joist Fen
Major Settlement
Waterbeach
